Panama/Geneva, 20 September 2017 – Dozens of Mexican Red Cross teams have been working into the night, searching for survivors, ferrying injured to medical centres and providing on the spot first aid following yesterday’s deadly earthquake. The magnitu …

International aid agencies are struggling to meet the basic needs of people flowing into Bangladesh from Myanmar. “This is desperate. It’s one of the biggest man-made crises and mass movements of people in the region for decades,” said Martin Faller, Deputy Regional Director, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

Hurricane Irma has lashed the north-east of Cuba with strong winds and heavy rains, and threatening coastal areas with massive storm surges. It is expected to make landfall in the US state of Florida on Sunday (10 September).

9 September 2017

Americas, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago

The strongest Atlantic hurricane in more than a decade may have already battered an estimated 1.2 million people and poses a serious threat to millions more. At least 10 people are believed to have been killed.

Kuala Lumpur/Geneva, 7 September 2017 — Bangladesh Red Crescent Society is urgently scaling up efforts to provide water, food and other aid to displaced people who have recently crossed into Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh from Rakhine state, Myanmar. The Bang …

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